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22 Apr 2025, 3:39 p.m. - House of Lords "wolf before in the Tenant Fees Act " Baroness Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 May 2025, 6:40 p.m. - House of Lords "change tenant fees act. Is she saying that it is in law a difference of liability for damage " Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 10:41 p.m. - House of Lords "the Tenant Fees Act would at last be available on which property agency businesses can rely on local " Lord Best (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 10:43 p.m. - House of Lords "Tenant Fees Act 2019, supporting letting agents through legislative transitions in this way will help " Lord Jamieson (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 10:44 p.m. - House of Lords "Tenant Fees Act into the structure directly supports those goals and " Lord Jamieson (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 10:45 p.m. - House of Lords "best for his amendment which would allow for the Tenant Fees Act 2019 to be included in the primary authority scheme. This will provide " Lord Jamieson (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 10:43 p.m. - House of Lords "and well considered. The integration of Tenant Fees Act 2019 into the framework for regulatory and the sanctions act 2008 through schedule " Lord Jamieson (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Jun 2025, 9:55 p.m. - House of Lords "example, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 enables fines to be imposed on " Government Spokes. Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
101 speeches (23,781 words) Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Many of these costs are one-off and cannot be passed on to the tenant under the Tenant Fees Act 2019. - Link to Speech |
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
33 speeches (11,353 words) Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) be subject to financial penalties in the same way as operations and companies.For example, the Tenant Fees Act - Link to Speech |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
124 speeches (33,119 words) Monday 12th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None 2019 (c.4)””Member's explanatory statement This amendment integrates the Tenant Fees Act 2019 into - Link to Speech 2: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) assured advice arrangements.This small amendment would mean that lettings advice covering the Tenant Fees Act - Link to Speech 3: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) Integrating the Tenant Fees Act into this structure directly supports those calls and shows that the - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) This includes the Tenant Fees Act 2019, which bans most letting fees and caps tenancy deposits paid by - Link to Speech |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
96 speeches (25,702 words) Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Black of Brentwood (Con - Life peer) two most popular were requiring tenants to hold insurance to cover any damage, or changing the Tenant Fees Act - Link to Speech 2: None discretion over allowing pets and cannot charge tenants for insurance under the provisions of the Tenant Fees Act - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) We will be amending the Tenant Fees Act so that landlords will be able to require the tenant to obtain - Link to Speech 4: Lord Marlesford (Con - Life peer) The Minister has again referred to my point that we need to change the Tenant Fees Act. - Link to Speech |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
25 speeches (5,698 words) Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) level of £5,000 for less serious non-compliance in other housing legislation; for example, the Tenant Fees Act - Link to Speech |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
139 speeches (42,609 words) Monday 28th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) This amendment requires Ministers to ensure that changes being made to the Tenant Fees Act 2019 are clearly - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) to tenants, letting agents and landlords the changes made by the Renters’ Rights Bill to the Tenant Fees Act - Link to Speech |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
29 speeches (8,249 words) Thursday 24th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None When this House passed the Tenant Fees Act 2019, the legislation applied only to new or renewed tenancies - Link to Speech |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
89 speeches (30,723 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) However, landlords have cried wolf before—over the Tenant Fees Act, I believe—and Armageddon did not - Link to Speech |
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Estate Agents: Fees and Charges
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Thursday 20th February 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to restricting or banning estate agents from collecting rent commission one year in advance, in line with the proposed restriction on landlords requesting upfront rent payments as set out in the Renters' Rights Bill. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) There are already protections in place to ensure that both tenants and landlords are treated fairly by letting agents. This includes the Tenant Fees Act 2019 which bans most letting fees and caps tenancy deposits paid by tenants in the private rented sector.
In addition, the Renters’ Rights Bill will prohibit landlords from requiring more than one month's rent in advance from tenants looking to secure a tenancy. This unfair practice can encourage prospective tenants to stretch their finances to the limit or prevent them from accessing the private rented sector altogether.
This measure does not apply to the fee structures agreed between landlords and property agents. |
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Jul. 03 2025
HL Bill 103-II Second marshalled list for Report Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Member's explanatory statement The amendment removes the provisions to be inserted into the Tenant Fees Act |
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Jun. 27 2025
HL Bill 103-I Marshalled list for Report Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Member's explanatory statement The amendment removes the provisions to be inserted into the Tenant Fees Act |
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Jun. 26 2025
HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Member's explanatory statement The amendment removes the provisions to be inserted into the Tenant Fees Act |
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Jun. 25 2025
HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Member's explanatory statement The amendment removes the provisions to be inserted into the Tenant Fees Act |
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Jun. 24 2025
HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 24 June 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Member's explanatory statement The amendment removes the provisions to be inserted into the Tenant Fees Act |
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Jun. 23 2025
HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 23 June 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Jun. 20 2025
HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 20 June 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Jun. 19 2025
HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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May. 15 2025
HL Bill 103 (as amended in Committee) Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: used to pay initial rent due during the permitted pre-tenancy period, see Schedule 2 to the Tenant Fees Act |
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May. 08 2025
HL Bill 60-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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May. 01 2025
HL Bill 60-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 25 2025
HL Bill 60-III Third marshalled list for Committee Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: insert— “(6) The Secretary of State must take reasonable steps to communicate the changes to the Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 23 2025
HL Bill 60-II Second marshalled list for Committee Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: insert— “(6) The Secretary of State must take reasonable steps to communicate the changes to the Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 16 2025
HL Bill 60-I Marshalled list for Committee Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: insert— “(6) The Secretary of State must take reasonable steps to communicate the changes to the Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 15 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 15 April 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 14 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 14 April 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 10 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 10 April 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 08 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 8 April 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 03 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 3 April 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 02 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 2 April 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Apr. 01 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 1 April 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 28 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 28 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 27 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 27 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 21 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 21 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 17 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 17 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 14 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 14 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 12 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 12 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 05 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Mar. 04 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Feb. 28 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 28 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Feb. 27 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Feb. 26 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Feb. 25 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 25 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Feb. 24 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 24 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Feb. 21 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 21 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Feb. 20 2025
HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025 Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Act 2008 (enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1), in the suitable place insert— “Tenant Fees Act |
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Cats APPG Document: To download the full report click here Found: private sector with pets is now perhaps even more challenging since the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act |
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Cats APPG Document: APGOCATS Inaugural Meeting of the 2019 Parliament – 11th February 2020 Found: o Jacqui Cuff discussed issues that had arisen as a result of changes to the Tenant Fees Act. |
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Cats APPG Document: APGOCATS Summer Meeting – 3rd July 2019 Found: - The new Tenant Fees Act 2019, has proved to be challenging for landlords looking to mitigate that |
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Wednesday 12th March 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: MHCLG enabled spend statistics, 2023-24 Document: (ODS) Found: 800184 0 K02000001 Country United Kingdom DLUHC Communities Direct DLUHC & ALB spend S085A468-TENANT FEES ACT |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: Construction Products Reform Green Paper Document: (PDF) Found: Agency Team protects consumers and businesses by enforcing the Estate Agents Act 1979 and the Tenant Fees Act |
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Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 amendments
Friday 15th March 2019 National Assembly for Wales Senedd Research www.assembly.wales/research Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 amendments Bill Summary March 2019 http://www.assembly.wales/research The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically el... Found: Following scrutiny by parliament, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (the 2019 Act) received Royal Assent on 12 |
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4. Private rented sector: evidence session 7
None speech (None words) Wednesday 13th March 2024 - None |